Resource Guide 2018-2019: Israel

Israel celebrated its 70th anniversary as a modern state on April 19, 2018.

Yom Ha’Atzmaut not only marks the dream of restoring Jewish independence in our ancestral homeland, it also celebrates all the great achievements of the last 70 years. Over the past seven decades, Israel has given the world amazing advances from agriculture to high tech.

ALEXANDER MUSS HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL
Jeff Hast, Israel Programs Admissions Director
5010 E. Shea Blvd. #230, Scottsdale
480-447-8100 ext. 983jnf.org/education
jhast@jnf.org
The best in Israel Education. Premier accredited, pluralistic, study abroad program for high schoolers, where Israel becomes a living classroom and perfect for college prep. Full semester, eight week and summer sessions available.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATES, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV (AABGU)
1880 Century Park East #612, Los Angeles, CA
310-552-3300aabgu.org

AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY
Mark Greenberg, Director of Development, Western U.S.
4079 Governor Drive #343, San Diego, CA
858-750-2135ats.org
For more than a century, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has pioneered in science and technology education and delivered world-changing impact. Its people, ideas and inventions make immeasurable contributions to the world, innovating in fields from cancer research and sustainable energy to quantum computing and computer science to do good around the world. For more than 75 years, the American Technion Society’s nationwide supporter network has funded scholarships, research, labs and facilities that have helped deliver world-changing contributions and extend Technion education to campuses in three countries.

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: ARIZONASusan Farber, President
Deb Rochford, National Campaign Director, Desert States & Southwest
Itzik Becher, Major Gifts Director, Desert States & Southwest
Audrey Lewis, Senior Campaign Manager
Leila Mikal, Campaign Executive, JNFuture Phoenix & Las Vegas
Jeff Hast, Israel Programs Admissions Director
5010 E. Shea Blvd. #230, Scottsdale
480-447-8100jnf.orgalewis@jnf.org
Jewish National Fund gives all generations a unique voice in building a prosperous future for the land of Israel and its people. Through its bold and unprecedented $1 Billion Roadmap for the Next Decade campaign, JNF is “greening” the desert with millions of trees, building thousands of parks, creating new communities for generations of Israelis to call home, bolstering Israel’s water supply, helping develop innovative arid agriculture techniques and educating both young and old about the founding and importance of Israel and Zionism.

ISRAELI AMERICAN COUNCIL – IAC ARIZONA
Shahar Edry, Regional Director
12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
480-483-7121 ext. 1109 israeliamerican.org/arizonaarizona@israeliamerican.org
The mission of the Israeli-American Council (IAC) is to build an engaged and united Israeli-American community that strengthens the Israeli and Jewish identity of our next generations, the American Jewish community and the bond between the peoples of the United States and the State of Israel.

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